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The Pilgrim and The Book 



By Percy MacKaye 



WORKS BY PERCY MACKAYE 



PLAYS The Canterbury Pilgrims. A Comedy. 
Jeanne d'Arc. A Tragedy. 
Sappho and Phaon. A Tragedy. 
Fenris, the Wolf. A Tragedy. 
A Garland to Sylvia. A Dramatic Reverie. 
The Scarecrow. A Tragedy of the Ludicrous. 
Yankee Fantasies. Five One-Act Plays. 
Mater. An American Study in Comedy. 
Anti-Matrimony. A Satirical Comedy. 
To-MoRROW. A Play in Three Acts. 
A Thousand Years Ago. A Romance of the Orient. 
Washington. A Ballad Play. 

COMMUNITY Caliban. A Community Masque. 
DRAMAS Saint Louis. A Civic Masque. 

Sanctuary. A Bird Masque. 

The New Citizenship. A Civic Ritual. 

The Evergreen Tree. A Christmas Masque. 

The Roll Call. A Masque of the Red Cross. 

The Will of Song (with Harry Barnhart). 

The Pilgrim and the Book. A Dramatic Service. 

OPERAS SiNBAD, the Sailor. A Fantasy. 
The Immigrants. A Tragedy. 
The Canterbury Pilgrims. A Comedy. 
Rip Van Winkle. A Legend. 

POEMS The Sistine Eve, and Other Poems. 
Uriel, and Other Poems. 
Lincoln. A Centenary Ode. 
The Present Hour. Poems of War and Peace. 
Poems and Plays. In Two Volumes. 

ESSAYS The Playhouse and the Play. 
r-ai^- The Civic Theatre. 

A Substitute for War. 
Community Drama. An Interpretation. 

ALSO {As Editor) 
The Canterbury Tales. A Modern Rendering into Prose. 
The Modern Reader's Chaucer (with Professor J. S. P. 
Tatlock). 



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The 
PILGRIM and THE BOOK 



by 
PERCY MACKAYE 



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AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY 

BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE, NEW YORK CITY 



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Copyright, 1920, by 
Percy MacKayb 



All Rights Reserved 



Note: Permission is given by the American Bible Society 
to churches, Sunday schools, and church organizations; to 
Y. M. C. A.'s, Y. W. C. A.'s, colleges, schools, settlements, and 
other civic and educational organizations, to use this Dramatic 
Service, provided no charge is made for admission. In return, 
it is requested that copies of the Program be mailed by Directors, 
in duplicate, to the American Bible Society at the Bible 
House, Astor Place, New York, and to the Author, at 27 West 
44th Street, New York. 



Printed in the United States of America 



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The 
PILGRIM and THE BOOK 



A Dramatic Service of the Bible 
Designed to Be Used in Churches 

Written for the 

American Bible Society 

by 
PERCY MACKAYE 



COVER DESIGN FROM STATUE BY 

AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS 

BY SPECIAL PERMISSION 



Together with 

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

in Regard to Participation in 
the Service 

and 

WORDS AND MUSIC OF THE HYMNS 



To 

The Cherished Memory 
Of My Grandparents 

REV. NICHOLAS MEDBERY, 
REBECCA STETSON MEDBERY, 

For Whom the Book 

Op Their Pilgrim Forefathers 

Was Light and Daily Bread 

I Dedicate 
This Service 



PREFACE 

At the invitation of the American Bible Society, 
through its General Secretaries, Dr. William I. Haven 
and Mr. Frank H. Mann, I have written this Dramatic 
Service, designed to be used in churches. 

Being in some respects the first of its kind, the text 
is followed by certain Comments and Suggestions, 
which, it is hoped, may be of use to ministers, choir- 
masters, and teachers, in preparing to hold the Service 
with their own congregations, choirs, and Sunday 
schools. 

The theme of the Service is the power of truth, as 
revealed in the Bible, to set free the human soul, in 
particular from the shackles of Persecution and the 
Fear of Death. This theme applies historically to the 
spiritual struggles and achievements of the Pilgrim 
Fathers, but also symbolically to Man himself as a pil- 
grim seeking "freedom to worship God." 

The purpose and form of the Service are not, then, 
in any sense those of an historical pageant; they are 
rather those of a new (and very old) relationship be- 
tween dramatic expression and religious aspiration, 
seeking to fuse these in a ritual of plastic simplicity, 
adaptable to all congregations, whether of meetings 
very small in chapels, clubs and schools, or of great 
gatherings in large churches and cathedrals. 

Necessarily, the printed directions in the text must 
apply to a certain scale of participation, and here an 
average scale has been assumed; but this scale may be 
enlarged to one of much greater elaboration and color 
than here described, or be diminished to the very 



PREFACE 



simplest essentials — even omitting the Groups and re- 
taining only the Principals. These alone — provided 
they be interpreted with insight and sincerity — may 
carry by themselves the meanings of the Service, which 
indeed might be simply read aloud by the minister 
together with members of the congregation (interwoven 
by singing of the hymns), in cases where full preparation 
is impracticable; though, of course, the results would 
not be equivalent. 

With needs and resources so varied in view, the Serv- 
ice has been designed to appeal, if possible — through 
such few, great, elemental teachings of "the Book" as 
all creeds can gladly unite upon — to the purposes of 
Christian fellowship anywhere, at this special time of 
the Pilgrim Tercentenary, or at any time. 

To all ministers, or others, then, who may at any 
time prepare, or take part in, this Service, I shall be 
sincerely obliged if they will send me — at my address 
below — such records, programmes, or personal impres- 
sions of their holding of the Service as they may like 
to let me know about. 

For its general use, the Music involved must needs 
be old and familiar; and so the ten Hymns (to four of 
which I have written new words for special requirements 
of the Actions) are tunes well known both to our time 
and to elder times. A single exception is that of the 
solo (sung by the Spirit of the Old Testament) in the 
Fourth Action, the music for which — to words by John 
Bunyan — is taken from the Shepherd-boy's Song in the 
oratorio of "The Pilgrim's Progress," composed by 
Edgar Stillman Kelley, to whom (and to Oliver Ditson, 
Boston, publisher of the Oratorio), I am heartily in- 
debted for preparing a special edition of the Song, 



PREFACE 



which can be secured direct from Oliver Ditson, or 
from any music dealer, for use in this Service. To 
Mr. Kelley also I am indebted for suggesting the use 
(for Hymn II) of the old tune, China, which he has 
utilized, as a musical theme, with rare impressiveness, 
in his "New England Symphony." 

To Mrs. Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Mr. Homer 
Saint-Gaudens, for their friendly consent to use the 
reproduction of Saint-Gaudens' great statue as cover- 
design of this volume, and to Tiffany and Company for 
the excellent reproduction, I make my sincere acknowl- 
edgments. 

Of the "Persons in the Service," three only — the 
Pilgrim, Satanas, and Revelation — are expressed 
through dialogue, in rhymed verse, written by myself. 
The SLX others who speak — as spokesmen of the Book — 
utter the unaltered language of the Bible, selected and 
combined by me from those Scriptures attributed to the 
respective speakers in the Bible itself. 

To the reader the whole is here submitted in pub- 
lished form, chiefly with the hope that it may be useful 
to him not simply as a reader but as a participant. 
For it is perhaps only to a participant, imbued with the 
imagination of true worship, that the immortal new- 
ness, wonder, and beauty of the ancient Word will ap- 
peal with that freshness of apprehension which it is 
the prime object of this Service to quicken. 



Percy MacKaye. 



Harvard Club, New York, 
August, 1920. 



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CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTORY 

PAGE 

Dedication vii 

Preface ix 

Persons and Groups xv 

Hymns xvi 

Setting xvii 

TEXT OF THE SERVICE IN A PRELUDE AND 
SEVENTEEN ACTIONS 

PART I 

(The Old Testament) 

Prelude. The opening Hymn recalls the Pilgrim Fathers 1 

I. Bearing the Book — as his " lantern in the starless 
nigh t " - the Pilgrim comes from a far country, 
seeking to found his human Commonwealth on 

"freedom to worship God " 3 

n. In his path he encounters One in Black 

(Satanas) 5 

HI. Through Satanas, he falls into bondage of the 

Dark Angel, Persecution 10 

IV. Bound, and bereft of the Book, h(; is ministered 

to by its spirit, Revelation 15 

V. Through the Old Testament, Revelation sum- 
mons to his aid the Laws 19 

VI. The Psalms 21 

VII. The Prophets 23 

VIII. Spokesmen of these, Moses, David, Isaiah ad- 
monish, console, rouse him to free himself 25 

PART II 

(The New Testament) 
IX. Set free by their ministrations, the Pilgrim 
meets in his path another Dark Angel, Fear 
OF Death 30 

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CONTENTS 



X. Fear of Death blindfolds him 32 

XI. But Revelation comes again to his cry where 

he lies prone beneath the black pall of Sat an as 34 
XII. Through the New Testament, Revelation sum- 
mons to his aid the Shepherds (of the 
Nativity) 36 

XIII. The Disciples 38 

XIV. The Apostles of the Word in all ages 40 

XV. Spokesmen of these, the Angel of the Star, 

St. John, St. Paul illumine his darkness, and 

overcome it 42 

XVI. Unblindfolded and risen, he receives back the 
Book from Revelation, and vows to found 
upon it, as on a rock, his Commonwealth of 
Man, freed now from Persecution and Fear, 
for the attainment of justice, freedom, and 

brotherhood 48 

XVII. Leading Satanas blindfolded and chained, he 
sets forth on the mission of this "firm founda- 
tion," accompanied by the ministering spirits 
of the Book 51 

COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

I. Spirit of Participation 55 

II. Costumes and Characteristics 

1. Of the Persons 55 

2. Of "the Groups 59 

3. Making of Costumes 60 

4. Colors and Symbols, Number and Sex 61 

III. Properties for Persons and Groups 62 

IV. Setting and Directorship 62 

V. Lighting 64 

VL Music 65 

VII. Programmes 60 

List of Hymns and Chants 67 

Words and Music of Hymns 71 

Announcement 83 

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PERSONS AND GROUPS 
In the Service 







PERSONS 


THE PILGRIM 




(Speaking) 


SAT AN AS 






REVELATION 






MOSES 






DAVID 






ISAIAH 






ANGEL OF THE 


STAR 


ST. JOHN 






ST. PAUL 




(Chanting) 


SPIRIT OF THE 


OLD 


TESTAMENT 


SPIRIT OF THE 


NEW 


' TESTAMENT 


PERSECUTION 




(Mute) 


FEAR OF DEATH 








GROUPS 


LAWS 




(Singing) 


PSALMS 






PROPHETS 






SHEPHERDS 






DISCIPLES 






APOSTLES 




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THE CONGREGATION 



HYMNS 

(First Lines) 

PART I 

I. (Prelude) The Breaking Waves Dashed High 1 

II. Where Sinai's Lonely Shadow Soared 19 

III. Even as the Hart Panteth in Thirst 21 

IV. Our Lord, Who Clave the Desert Rock 23 

V. Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve 29 

PART II 

VI. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by 

Night 36 

VII. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord, Thy Disciples 38 

VIII. All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name 40 

IX. Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings 47 

X. How Firm a Foundation, Ye Saints of the 

Lord 51 



THE SETTING 

THE setting of the Service is the interior of any church, 
preferably at the hour of evening worship. 

The focus point of the dialogue-action is at that 
place — usually directly opposite the choir — which in some 
churches is occupied by the pulpit, in others by the altar, 
being in this text referred to as the place of the pulpit, 
which is here considered as being raised above a surround- 
ing platform, itself raised above the aisle approaches to a 
height near the level of the eyes of the seated congregation. 
Under usual conditions, no other accessories of setting 
are needful than those of the church itself, in which (at the 
focus place of dialogue) three places of entrance and exit — 
right, left, and center — may be represented by hatchments, 
or tapestries, designed as gateways, carried in to place and 
held by choir-boys, or by others in vestments; or these 
points of egress and ingress may be imagined merely, and 
suggested by the lighting and action. 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

A Dramatic Service 

PART I 

PRELUDE 

(" Freedom to Worship God") 

WHEN the congregation is assembled, the Service 
begins with the singing, by All the People, 
of Fehcia Hemans's familiar hymn "The Pil- 
grim Fathers." 

HYMN I 

The breaking waves dashed high 

On a stern and rockbound coast. 
And the woods against a stormy sky 

Their giant branches toss'd; 
And the heavy night hung dark 

The hills and waters o'er. 
When a band of exiles moored their bark 

On the wild New England shore. 

Not as the conqueror comes. 

They, the true-hearted, came; 
Not ivith the roll of stirring drums. 

And the trump that sings of fame; 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 



Not as the flying come. 

In silence and in fear. 
They shook the depths of the deserVs gloom 

With their hymns of lofty cheer. 

Amidst the storm they sang; 

The stars fieard, and the sea! 
And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang 

To the anthem of the free. 
The ocean eagle soared 

From his nest by the white wave's foam, 
And the rocking pines of the forest roared: 

This was their welcome home! 

What sought they thus afar? 

Bright jewels of the mine? 
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? 

They sought a faith's pure shrine. 
Ay, call it holy ground. 

The soil where first they trod; 
They have left unstained what here they found: 

Freedom to worship God. 



FIRST ACTION 

(The Pilgrim) 

AS the strains of this Hymn are ceasing, a sturdy 
FIGURE enters the dimness of the left aisle at the 
back of the church. 
All in gray, clad in wide hat ^nd long heavy Cloak over 
Pilgrim's garb, he bears in his right hand a heavy Staff 
and under his left arm A Great Book, bound in old vellum, 
closed with an iron clasp. 

With pace of quiet power he strides up the aisle toward 
the Pulpit, but stops midway as A DEEP VOICE calls 
softly from the obscurity. 

THE VOICE 

Pilgrim ! 

(The Figure pauses to listen; the Call is repeated more loud.) 

Pilgrim ! 

THE PILGRIM 

Who calleth from the dark.? 

(He moves forward again toward the Pulpit.) 

THE VOICE 

Pilgrim! — Pilgrim! — Whence have ye come hither? 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

THE PILGRIM 

From a far country: little was my bark 

Among the great billows; bitter blew the weather. 

THE VOICE 

Why have ye come, forlorn and famine-shod? 

THE PILGRIM 
I seek. — I seek. — 

THE VOICE 

What seek ye here to find? 

THE PILGRIM 

Freedom I seek: freedom to serve mankind; 
Freedom to worship God. 



SECOND ACTION 

(The One in Black) 

FROM shadow beyond the Pulpit, left, appears ONE 
IN BLACK, clad as a Pilgrim of the Middle Ages, 
in long robe and cowl. He approaches the Pilgrim 
IN Gray, and speaks with the same voice that has been 
heard from the dark. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Ha, comrade! Little have ye changed, I vow, 
Since first we met. 

THE PILGRIM* 

God save thee, friend! But who art thou? 

THE ONE IN BLACK 
I am another 
Who goes on pilgrimage 
In every clime and age 

Where you go faring. I am your twin brother — 
Do ye not know me.^^ 

THE PILGRIM 

(Astonished) 

Nay. 



* Removing his hat at this speech, the Pilgrim lays it near the Pulpit, 
where it remains till he takes it again at the final recessional. 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Can ye forget 

Our gracious garden, and that pleasant day 

What time we wore 

No cumbering weeds of drab and black, as now 

On this bleak shore. 

But all was endless May 

Under the green-and-golden apple bough? — 

Now ye remember! 

THE PILGRIM 

(Staring more close) 

Nay. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Since then ye have wandered long and far away, 

And always I have trod upon your trail. — 

Once on your pilgrim shield 

You bore a Cross, to seek a shining grail; 

Once in a lonely field 

Ye labored, with bowed back. 

To bear uphill your heavy pilgrim's pack, 

While ever, before end of day, 

I overtook you. — Ye recall now? 

THE PILGRIM 

(Turning to move on) 

Nay. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Full soon ye shall. But stay — 

What stubborn device is this your right hand hath? 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 



THE PILGRIM 

This is my Staff of Faith, to clear my path 
Of lurking fears, 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

And, lo, this garb which forms 
Your staff so brave appurtenance? 

THE PILGRIM 

This is my Cloak of Strength against the storms 
Of circumstance. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Your pardon if I look: 

There in your left hand — what is yonder Book? 

THE PILGRIM 

This is my Lantern in the starless night. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Ye show a lantern, but where shines the light? 

THE PILGRIM 

Inward it guides the way. Behind this clasp 
Beacons a double flame — the Old and New, 
Both testifying Truth, and burning through 
Both — shineth Revelation. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Let me grasp 
The Book, and break its hinge in two. 
And loose this hidden glory. 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

THE PILGRIM 

Nay, 
Here force can find no way, 
Nor cunning pick the lock: 
They first must knock 
To whom it shall be opened. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Yield it, pray, 
To me, for well I know a knock shall shake it 
Asunder. — Yield me here the Book, I say, 
Else will I take it. 

THE PILGRIM 

Not to thy threat I yield 

This holy Book, which many a year 

I have in secret fended and concealed 

From Persecution. Dear, more dear, 

It still hath grown beneath all ban: 

Yea, like a spring, 

A living spring, its waters ran 

Down through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, 

Replenishing 

Pools of life among the parched rocks. 

Where, midst the lilies in the morning's breath. 

The young bright Shepherd feeds his hallowed flocks. 

(While the Pilgrim has spoken, from the dimness right has ap- 
peared the form of A DARK ANGEL, with locks of gray, and 
stern, cold face, bearing in his hands a cord-like chain. Stealth- 
ily, at a gesture from the One in Black, he approaches the 
Pilgrim from behind.) 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Brother, ye have a misconeeit 

Imagining ye can outwit 

The wiles of Persecution. Haply ye 

Are most in jeopardy 

Even now and here 

When ye are least in fear. 

THE PILGRIM 

How should that be? 

For I have won now to a new-world shore, 

And brunted tide and tempest shock, 

To build upon this Book, as on a rock. 

The Commonwealth of Freedom. So, no more 

I dread old Persecution: let him stand 

Before me now, — this staff of my right hand 

Shall cope with him. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

The blind 
Are they who see before, but not — behind! 



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THIRD ACTION 

(Persecution) 

ITH sudden swiftness, the Dark Angel plucks 
from behind the Pilgrim's cloak and staff, and 
throws about him coils of the tightening chain. 



THE PILGRIM 

(Cries out.) 

Who plucks my cloak? — Ha, now! Who binds me close, 

And rapes my staff 

Away? What sudden ambush of my foes 

Am I now fallen in? 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

(Looks on, in deep laughter.) 

Ah-ha-ha-ha! 

THE PILGRIM 

(Bewildered) 
And what art thou, to laugh 
Upon thy brother in his sore chagrin? 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Ha, verily ! That ancient foe 
Ye feared no more — hath caught you in control; 
And ye who would so zealously bestow 
Freedom on a new world, now your own soul 
Itself — behold in bondage! 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

THE PILGRIM 

Yea, alack! 
Old Persecution, is it thou 
Hast crept behind my back? 
Release me ! For I dread lest my own brow 
Grow pitiless as thine. 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

(To Persecution) 
Nay, bondman mine: 
Keep him still fast; and take 
Yon stick and tether him as to a stake, 
Here kneeling down. So let him see 
Whether his Staff of Faith shall set him free. 

(Persecution obeys. 

Fixing the Staff upright in the floor, he binds against it— back 
to — the Pilgrim, who kneels with face toward the Pulpit, 
whence he turns his face right to speak to the One in Black.) 

THE PILGRIM 

And art thou, then, my brother.? 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Yea, 
The pilgrim partner of your way, 
Who now that ye are well bestowed 
Will ease you of the load 
Of yonder Book. 

THE PILGRIM 

No, no, not this! Take all 
Save this! 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

And so ye may recall 
Your brother pilgrim by the brighter hue 
That erst ye knew — 
Behold! 

(Flinging off his Cowl and Garb of Black, he stands smiling in long 
Robe of Brilliant Red, his locks of coppery gold bound with 
a shining Serpent. Staring, the Pilgrim murmurs aloud:) 

THE PILGRIM 

Satanas ! 

THE ONE IN BLACK 

Aye, and Ahriman, 
Asmodeus, Apollyon, Sammael, 
Lucifer, — by all these ye name me well ! 
And now, by all my powers and conjuring names 
Your holy Book would ban — 
Yield me the Book! 

(At his sign, Persecution tears the Book from the Pilgrim, who 
utters a deep cry.) 

THE PILGRIM 

Dear God! Thou hast forsook 
Thy Pilgrim! 

SATANAS 

(To Persecution) 

Go! — Go bear it to the flames! 
Yet hold: bring here again. 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

(He takes the Book himself and, standuig aloft in the Pulpit, holds it 
tauntingly above the Pilgrim beneath.) 

Here, brother, lift your gaze; 

For, lo, this lantern of your starless night 

Now shall I break in twain. 

And let its double beacon blaze 

Full on your sight — 

And Revelation shine, to show 

In the Shadow of Death., by the parched rocks. 

Waters of life, where the lilies blow 

And the young bright Shepherd feeds his hallowed 

flocks. 
Ah-ha! Behold now, brother! 

THE PILGRIM 

Nay! Desecrate it not! 

SATANAS 

(Tearing the Book in two, holds upward the two halves.)* 

Behold, your Ark of Light is void and smother 
And cloven darkness; yea, its holy vision 
Is even as a clot 

Of blindness, and its voice, a dumb derision 
Of all your cry and yearning to be free. 

THE PILGRIM 

Ah me! 

Is there no testament of liberty 

My soul can cleave unto? 

* See Comment at end of volume, page 62. 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

SATANAS 
Nor Old, nor New 
Can slake your soul's desire: 
The soul itself is doubt and quenchless fire! 
Yea, even as this volume, torn 
In twain, 't is racked by inward feuds forlorn. 
So, Pilgrim, pray alone to your own shames. 
Farewell! — And thou. 

Bondman, bear forth this Book before me now. 
Pilgrim and Book are kindling for my flames! 

(Following Persecution, Satanas departs at the center. 

THE PILGRIM 

O God ! Now am I fallen, and thy frown 
Is over me. Now am I all alone — and down. 



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FOURTH ACTION 

(Revelation: the Old Testament) 

ROM beyond the Pulpit, at center, A Glowing of 
Candles begins to dawn, while clear the bird-sweet 
Voice of a Boy begins to choir in solo.* 

THE VOICE 

He that is down need fear no fall. 

He that is low, no pride; 
He that is humble ever shall 

Have God to he his guide. 

(And now, at center, all in white, carrying a lighted candle, appears 
A RADIANT FORM, at right and left of whom two Chou-- 
Boy CHERUBIM in blue bear in their hands Two Open 
Books of Gold. 

While the Three come forward, the Boy on the right continues 
to sing:) 

I am content with what I have. 

Little it be or much; 
And, Lord, contentment still I crave 

Because Thou savest such. 

Fidlness to them a burden is 

That go on pilgrimage : 
Here little, and hereafter bliss, 

Is best from age to age. 



* Concerning Music for this solo, see page 67. 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

(The Three pause above, in front of the Pilgrim, who gazes up 

at them.) 

THE PILGRIM 

O music, that dost heal the wounds of wrong ! 
Spirit! Art thou a voice made visible, 
Or some meek vision melted into song? 
And thou, whose presence dawneth to fulfil 
My faith — what art thou? 

THE RADIANT FORM 

Revelation. — I 
Am here to set you free. 

THE PILGRIM 

Whence rose thou here? 

REVELATION 

Out of the Book, wherein I still do lie 
Ever to rise again, and banish fear 
From the downfallen. 

THE PILGRIM 

But the Book was cast 
Into the fire. 

REVELATION 

The. fire was but a blast 
To waken me. 

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THE PILGRIM 

But he, Satanas, rent 
The holy Word in twain. 

REVELATION 

The twain — behold! 
Are^risen"even as I — each Testament 
By fire repurified to finer gold. 

THE PILGRIM 

That golden music — didst thou breathe it through 
The soul of one of these? 

REVELATION 

These are the reeds 
Of my eternal organ: the Old, the New, 
Both ever young in Faith, whose deepest creeds 
Have flower in childhood. These are Cherubim 
Who bring to set you free, with Word and Hymn, 
The Book whose truth is freedom. But the first 
To testify shall be the Old, whose voice 
Revealeth those of yore who knew the thirst 
Of Persecution's bondage, and made choice 
Against the Oppressor's chain, to succor law 
Of liberty — to objurgate the awe 
Of power — and purge the intimidated throng 
With psalmed speech and sacraments of song. 

THE PILGRIM 

So shall my chain be loosed, and I restored 
To freedom? 

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REVELATION 

Yea; but only if the Word 
Those testify be kindled in thy will 
To emulation. Therefore, Pilgrim, till 
The Three, whom I invoke, convene their Laws, 
Prophets, and Psalms, here to befriend thy cause 
Kneel on, and pray, and quicken in thy heart 
Responsive choirs. — So will I depart 
Now with the New, and let the Old preside 
Over these rites, for which — the first to speak 
In witness — I summon him who from the peak 
Of Sinai brought the Laws. 



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FIFTH ACTION 

(The Laws) 

UlLE Revelation and the SPIRIT OF THE 

NEW TESTAMENT withdraw at center, the 
SPIRIT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT— placing 
his Gold Volume open on the Pulpit — chants with Choir- 
Boy Voice. 

THE OLD TESTAMENT 

Ye, who were the strength of my people 
In the wilderness, 

Ye Laws, and Moses who leadeth you, 
Succor now this Pilgrim ! 

(Enter now, in procession, through the body of the church, blazoned 
by their distinctive Group-Symbol and Vestment, the Group 
of THE LAWS (ten in number), led by MOSES, who carries 
a Scroll. These come singing, and take their places* during 
their Hymn, in which All the People join.) 

HYMN II 

(Sung by All, to the tune of China) 

Where Sinai's lonely shadow soared 
Through morning stars in choir, 

There from his stormy throne the Lord 
First spake to man in fire. 

* The places of formation and massing, entrance and exit, as well as 
the distinctive symbols and vestments, of the several Groups in the Service 
are indicated in the Comments and Suggestions at the end, pages 59 to 63. 

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Long ages had his earth-born child 

Wandered to rob and kill; 
But now God spake, to guide the wild 

Digressions of his will. 

God spake, and on his tablet sealed 
With sign of his First Cause 

Those great commandments which revealed 
The grandeur of his Laws. 



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SIXTH ACTION 

(The Psalms) 
T the'^expiration of this hymn, the Spirit of the 
Old Testament chants again above the kneeling 
Pilgrim. 



THE OLD TESTAMENT 

Ye, who were the consolation of my sorrows 
In exile and pain, 

Ye Psalms, and David who leadeth you, 
Comfort here this Pilgrim ! 

(Enter then in procession, with symbol and vestment, the Group 
of THE PSALMS, led by DAVID, who carries a Harp. 
These come smgmg, and take their places during their Hymn, 
m which the Others Assembled do not join.) 

HYMN III 

(Sung by the Group of the Psalms only, to the tune of St. Anne) 
Even as the hart panteth in thirst 

After the water brooks, 
So panteth after thee, God, 

My soul — my thirsting soul. 

My tears they call me, day and night: 

My soul, where is thy God? 
Why art thou, my soul, cast down?— 

His countenance shall shine. 

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Deep calleth unto deep, amid 
Noise of thy waterspouts. 

And all thy waves and billows are 
Gone over vie, Lord! 

Yet shall thy lovingkindness be 
My rock in the daytime. 

And in the iiight thy song shall lift 
My prayer to thee, my life! 



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SEVENTH ACTION 

(The Prophets) 
N the conclusion of this Processional Hymn, the 
Spirit of the Old Testaiiient chants once more 
above the Pilgrim in prayer. 



THE OLD TESTAMENT 

Ye, who were trumpets of my aspiration 
In indignation and remorse, 
Ye Prophets, and Isaiah, who leadeth yon. 
Rouse ye up this Pilgrim ! 

(Enter at these words, in procession, with symbol and vestment, 
the Group of the PROPHETS, led by ISAIAH, who carries 
a Staff. These come singing, and take their places during 
their Hymn, in which All the People join.) 

HYMN IV 

(Sung by All, to the tune of Old Hundredth) 

Our Lord, who clave the desert rock 
And made the waters forth to flow, 

He, by his spirit-rending shock. 
Doth cleave the soul of man also. 

Our Lord, who tore the sultry void 
With whirlwinds of his thunder-stone. 

He cleanseth too our spirits cloyed — 
He is our paean and our moan. 



THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

In desert rock there is a spring^ 
A tempest in the torpid air: 

Our Lord revealeth everything; 
His prophecies are everywhere. 



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EIGHTH ACTION 

(Moses, David, Isaiah) 

AS this Hymn is ceasing, the Pilgrim Hfts his head 
from its bowed posture of prayer. After a mo- 
ment of silence, very low, the organ begins to play; 
and now, while it continues,* the Pilgrim speaks. 

THE PILGRIM 

Ye, which are present in my prayer, 
And compass me about with choirs 
Of holy hymns, forbear 
Aw^hile your ministry of song, and now 
Quicken me with your living Word: yea, thou 
Moses, that from the mountain fetched the fires 
Of God to purge our bondage, succor me ! — 
How shall I cleanse my soul's captivity? 

(Answering from his place in the body of the church, among the 
Laws, MOSES speaks to the Pilgrim.) 

MOSES 

Lo, it shall come to pass, when all these things are 
come upon thee, that then the Lord thy God will turn 
thy captivity, and will rejoice over thee for good, 

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord 
thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes 
which are written in this book of the Law, and if thou 

* Through all the speeches which follow, till Fear of Death enters, the 
organ continues to play very softly. 

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turn unto the Lord thy God with all thy heart and 
with all thy soul. 

For this commandment which I command thee this 
day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 

It is not in heaven, that thou shouldst say, Who 
shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that 
we may hear it and do it? 

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst 
say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it 
unto us, that we may hear it and do it? 

But the Word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it. 

THE PILGRIM 

Nay, is my help so nigh? Yet, in my heart 
I have denounced the forgers of my chains. 
And cursed their sore corrupting smart, 
And said — There is no succor for my pains! 

(From his place amid the Group of the Psalms, the sweet, consoling 
voice of DAVID now speaks to the Pilgeim.) 

DAVID 

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God: They 
are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there 
is none that doeth good ! 

But fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be 
thou envious against the workers of iniquity, 

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and 
wither as the green herb; 

But the meek shall inherit the earth, and shall de- 
light themselves in the abundance of peace. 



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The fool hath said in his heart. There is no God: 

But I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined 
unto me and heard my cry; 

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of 
the miry clay, and set my foot upon a rock, and estab- 
lished my goings. 

And he hath put a new song in my mouth: 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maJceth me to lie down in green pastures; he 
leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreih my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of 
righteousness for his name's sake. 

Yea, though I ivalk through the valley of the shadow 
of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy 
rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

The fool hath said in his lieart, There is no God: 

But the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell therein; 

The heavens declareth the glory of God; and the 
firmament sheweth his handiwork. 

Therefore, rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; 

Praise ye the Lord! 

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, ye stars of 
light! 

THE PILGRIM 

Yea, stars of light, and sun and moon. 
They praise him v/ith immortal lips, 
O David; yet in night and noon 
My soul still struggles with eclipse, 

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Half darkling in a torpid shroud, 

Half shining free : 

Ah, Wind of God ! When wilt thou rend the cloud 

That cumbereth me? 

(From his place among the Prophets, ISAIAH makes answer to 
the Pilgrim, in kindling tones.) 

ISAIAH 

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the Lord! 

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and 
your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting 
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 

Behold, I have given him as a witness to the people, 
a leader and commander of the people. 

Even so the Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; 
because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good 
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the 
broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, 
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. 

-Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the Lord! 

Where is the fury of the oppressor? 

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, 
and that he should not die in the pit. 

But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea. 

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have 
covered thee in the shadow of mine hand; I, even I, 
am he that comforteth you. 

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with 
great mercies will I gather thee; 

The mountains shall depart, and the hills be re- 
moved; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, 
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed; 



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For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from 
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the 
earth and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may 
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater; 

So shall my Word be that goeth forth out of my 
mouth: it shall not return unto me void; 

For ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with 
peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth 
before you into singing, and all the trees of the field 
shall clap their hands. 

Therefore, awake, awake, stand up, captive! Break 
forth into joy, for the Lord hath comforted his own! 

(At these words, All the People break forth into singing, during 
which Isaiah, David, and Moses approach the place of the 
PiLGiRiM, where Isaiah looses the Chain which binds him to the 
stake, and he rises in their midst to his feet. There Moses 
restores to him his Cloak, and David his Staff.) 

HY3IN V 

(Sung by All, to the tune of Handel's Christmas) 

Awake, my soul; stretch every nerve 

And press with vigor on: 
A heavenly race demands thy zeal. 

And an immortal crown. 

A cloud of untnesses around 

Hold thee in full survey: 
Forget the steps already trod. 

And onward urge thy way. 



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PART II 

NINTH ACTION 

(The Shackles Loosed) 

S the Music ceases, the Pilgrim, standing amid the 
Spokesmen of the Book, speaks again. 



THE PILGRIM 

Now are my shackles loosed, O gracious Lord! 

Now am I free again and strong. 

And ye, dear elder brothers of the Book, 

Prophets of Law, and Righteousness, and Song, 

I give you thanks, who have restored 

My cloak and staff, and took 

My chain away. 

Henceforward, come what may. 

Now can I go my path alone 

And have no fear of life. 

(As Moses, David, and Isaiah are leturning to their places,* the 
voice of Satanas is heard calling low — this time from the 
shadow on the right beyond the Pulpit.) 

THE VOICE 

Pilgrim ! 



* Here the organ begins again very softly to play, continuing till it 
swells to a crescendo at the burst of radiant light and reappearance of 
Revelation. 

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THE PILGRIM 

What tone 
Echoes once more from some dark place of dread 
Concealed? 

THE VOICE 

Pilgrim ! 

THE PILGRIM 

Ha, now I know thy voice! 
From whence now dost thou call me? 

THE VOICE 

From the dead. 

THE PILGRIM 

The dead! 

(Startled, the Pilgrim draws slightly back. 

While he hesitates to ansv/er, he is approached, left, from be- 
hind, by a DARK ANGEL with locks of white, who carries a 
Band of Black Cloth. 
The Pilgrim speaks toward the right:) 

I will not go that path. 

THE VOICE 
Ye have no choice. 

There is no way that leads not to the wrath 
To come. 

THE PILGRIM 

My staff it is restored: I see 
My goal, and have no fear. 

THE VOICE 

Of life!— But what of death? 

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TENTH ACTION 

(Fear of Death) 

UDDEN, from behind, the Dark Angel blindfolds 
the Pilgrim, who drops his staff with a cry of dis- 
may. 



THE PILGRIM 

Ah me! 
Lo, I am overtaken here 

By Fear of Death. — Now is there none shall free 
My vision to behold the light again? 

SATANAS 

(Appearing, from the right, in front of the blindfold Pilgrim) 

Nay, evermore shall ye be shut within 

The dark of your own soul, to share with Sin 

A charnel of the blind, and grope in vain 

To escape the creeping hand of Death, his clutch 

About thy heart. Lo, now 

His fever-breath is on thy brow. 

And on thy hand — his icy finger-touch! 

(Reaching, with pointed fingers, Satanas touches the hand of the 
Pilgrim, who draws it back with a faint scream.) 

THE PILGRIM 

Ah, Lord, my shepherd! Death himself is nigh: 
Now, Revelation, save me — or I die! 

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(Swaying, he falls prone before the Pulpit. 

There Satanas, lifting his own cast Garment of Black, lays it 
over the Pilgrim's body, wholly concealing him.) 

SATANAS 

Yea, many times before your death shall ye 
Die in imagination, where ye lie 
Now swooning. 

(To the Dark Angel) 

Fear of Death, right faithfully 
Thou hast performed thy mission. Guard him well 
When he shall waken. 



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ELEVENTH ACTION 

(Revelation : the New Testament) 

ABOVE Satanas, a sudden Burst of Radiance 
^ illumines the Pulpit, where Revelation reappears 
with the SPIRIT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, 
and speaks. 

REVELATION , / 

Nay, depart! — and dwell 
Far from this place of sanctity. 

(The Spirit of the New Testament has placed his Gold Volume 
beside the other, and now — while he sings — Invisible Choirs 
join him, with shrill, clear Voices, in repetition of the Sandus.) 

THE NEW TESTAMENT 

(With Unseen Choirs) 
Holy! Holy! Holy! 

SATANAS 

(Starts back, overwhelmed by the Shining Light and the Voices; 
then rushes off, with a great cry :) 

Fly, Fear of Death! I follow thee. 

(They disappear left.) 
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REVELATION 

My Pilgrim, I have heard your cry. 

Your soul builds its own tomb, where only I 

Can reach you, prisoned there. But now I bring 

A new voice of the Word, whose summoning 

Shall call a Star of Light, 

Which simple Shepherds in the night 

And fond Disciples and Apostles follow 

To testify their faith; 

And these — to banish Fear of Death 

For aye, and raise this grave-shroud, which doth 

swallow 
Your soul in night — now shall appear \ 

And pierce your blindness, and be present here. 



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TWELFTH ACTION 

(The Shepherds) 

S|Revelation withdraws now, behind at the center, 
the Spirit of the New Testament enters the 
Pulpit and chants with Choir-Boy Voice. 



THE NEW TESTAMENT 
Come unto this Pilgrim, 

Ye, who first were beholders of my Revelation, — 
Shepherds, and thou that leadest them, O Star: 
Yea, bring him your light! 

(Enter then in procession, through the body of the church, the 
Group of SHEPHERDS, led by the ANGEL OF THE STAR, 
who wears on his brow a Fillet with a Burning Star. These 
come singing, and take their places during their Hymn, in 
which the Others Assembled do not join.) 

HYMN VI 

(Sung by the Group of Shepherds ordy, to the tune of 
Winchester Old) 

While Shepherds watched their floclcs by night. 
All seated on the ground, 
^ The Angel of the Lord came dowut 
And glory shone around. 

"Fear not,'* said he, for mighty dread 

Had seized their troubled mind; 
'' Glad tidings of great joy I bring 

To you and all mankind. 

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" To you in David's town this day 

Is horn of David's line 
The Saviour, loho is Christ the Lord; 

And this shall be the sign: 

" The heavenly Babe you there shall find 

To human view displayed. 
All meanly wrapt in sioathing hands, 

And in a manger laid." 

Thus spake the Seraph; and forthwith 

Appeared a shining throng 
Of angels, praising God, who thus 

Addressed their joyful song: 

"All glory he to God on high. 

And to the earth he peace; 
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men 

Begin and never ceasel" 



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THIRTEENTH ACTION 

(The Disciples) 

N the conclusion of this Hymn, the Spirit of the 
New Testament chants again above the Black 
Pall. 

THE NEW TESTAMENT 

Come unto this Pilgrim, 

Ye, who first were followers of my Revelation, — 
Disciples, and thou who leadest them, St. John: 
Yea, bring him your love! 

(Enter then in procession, with their distinctive symbol and vest- 
ment, the Group of the twelve DISCIPLES, led by ST. JOHN, 
who wears a Fillet with Dove-Wings. 

These come singing, and take their places during their Hymn, 
in which All the People join.) 

HYMN VII 

(Sung by All, to the tune of Nicaea) 

Uoly, holy, holy, Lord, thy disciples 

Gather in devotion to sing and dream of thee: 

Holy, holy, holy, beautiful and gracious. 
Still in our hearts we dwell in Galilee. 

Holy, holy, holy, still in the morning ] 

Mending of our fisher nets, we hail thee by the shore; 

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Friend and guide and brother, by the wells of evening 
Deep from thy voice we drink thy healing lore. 

Holy, holy, holy, Lord, thy disciples 

Ever through the ages live again because of thee: 
Holy, holy, holy, all thy ways we follow. 

From Bethlehem to dark Gethsemane. 



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FOURTEENTH ACTION 

(The Apostles) 

S this Hymn concludes, the Spirit of the New Tes- 
tament chants once more above the prone form 
of the Pilgrim, with Choir-Boy Voice. 



THE NEW TESTAMENT 
Come unto this Pilgrim, 

Ye, who have spread the gospel of my Revelation, — 
Apostles, and thou who leadest them, St. Paul: 
Yea, bring him life eternal ! 

(Enter now in procession, with symbol and vestment, the Group 
of the APOSTLES, led by ST. PAUL, who wears a Fillet 
with a Cross. 

These come singing, and take their places during their Hymn, 
in which All the People join.) 

HYMN VIII 

(Sung by All, to the tune of Coronation) 

All hail the power of Jesus* name; 

Let angels prostrate fall; 
Bring forth the royal diadem. 

And crown him Lord of all. 

Let every kindred, every tribe, 

On this terrestrial hall, 
To him all majesty ascribe. 

And crown him Lord of all. 

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Oh that, with yonder sacred throng. 

We at his feet may fall. 
And join the everlasting song, 

And crown him Lord of all! 



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FIFTEENTH ACTION 

(The Star, St. John, St. Paul) 

O all the assembled Groups and Congregation, now — 
when this Hymn has ended — enters once more 
Revelation, who speaks from above, in the Pulpit. 



REVELATION 

Shepherds, Disciples, and Apostles, ye 

Who come to join your shining company 

Unto the Laws and Prophets and the Psalms 

Of old, bestow ye now the healing balms 

Of your New Testament 

Upon this Pilgrim, pent 

In yonder shroud of dark adversity. 

(As Revelation withdraws at the center, the Spirit of the New 
Testament — approaching, below, the covered form of the 
Pilgrim — stands beside it and chants with choiring voice.) 

THE NEW TESTAMENT 
Now under his black pall 
The Pilgrim liearkeneth 
The tidings of the Angel of the Star. 

THE ANGEL OF THE STAR 

(Speaks from liis place, in the body of the church, amid the 
Shepherds.) 

Now in the days of Herod the King, behold, wise 
men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where 

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is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star 
in the east, and are come to v/orship him. And when 
Herod the King had heard it, he learned of them care- 
fully what time the star had appeared. And he sent 
them to Bethlehem, and they went their way; and, lo, 
the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, 
till it came and stood over where the young child was. 
And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with ex- 
ceeding great joy. And they came into the house and 
saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they 
fell down and worshiped him. 

(The form of the Pilgrim stirs, and partly rises underneath his 
Dark Cloth, while the Angel continues without pause:) 

Then took they down from the cross the body of 
Jesus, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. Now in 
the place where he was crucified there was a garden; 
and in the garden Joseph's new sepulchre hewn out of 
rock wherein was never man yet laid. There they 
laid Jesus, and rolled a great stone to the door of the 
sepulchre. 

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, 
and Mary the mother of James and Salome, came 
unto the sepulchre; and they were saying, Who shall 
roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 
for it was exceeding great; and looking up, they saw 
that the stone was rolled back. And entering, they 
saw a young man arrayed in a white robe: And he 
saith unto them. Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the 
Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is 
not here: Why seek ye the living among the dead? 

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with 

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fear and great joy, and ran to bring this word to the 
disciples. 

(As the Angel concludes, the Spirit of the New Testament 
draws back the Dark Shroud, revealing there the blindfold 
Pilgrim having risen to a kneeling posture, from which he 
cries out, with upclasped hands:) 

THE PILGRIM 

A voice! A voice of light! I heard 

A shining and a healing Word. — 

Whence came that Light? Whence rose that Word? 

ST. JOHN 

(Speaks from his place among the Disciples.) 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
with God, and the Word was God. In him was Life; 
and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light 
shineth in the darkness, and the darkness overcame 
it not. 

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, 
full of grace and truth; for the law was given through 
Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 

And then it came to pass, as Jesus was teaching the 
people, that they were all astonished at his teaching; 
for his word was with authority. And they said, 
Whence hath this man this wisdom? 

Jesus therefore answered them and said: 

The words that I speak unto you I speak not from 
myself; but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. 
The word therefore which ye hear is not mine, but the 
Father's who sent me. 

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If ye abide in my Word, then are ye truly my dis- 
ciples; and ye shall know the truth; and the truth 
shall make you free. 

In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good 
cheer; I have overcome the world. 

For I am the resurrection and the life: he that be- 
lieveth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; 
and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never 
die. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my 
Word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath eternal 
hfe. 

Wherefore, 

Awake, thou that sleepest, 
-And arise from the dead. 
And Christ shall give thee light. 

THE PILGRIM 

(Rising to his feet above the Black Garment, speaks aloud.) 

Behold, I am awakened, and once more 

I rise, seeking the light: 

But what immortal breath 

Shall thaw this freezing band before my sight, 

Which Fear of Death 

Hath bound my brows withal.'' 

Yea, I who erst was thrall 

To Persecution, now to Fear, what new 

Commandment of the Word can liberate 

Fear unto faith, and guide my spirit through 

The awful gate.^^ 



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ST. PAUL 

(Answers from his place among the Apostles:) 

Lo, my beloved, bless them that persecute you ; yea, 
bless, and curse not; 

For all the commandments are summed up in this 
word, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love 
worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the 
fulfilment of the law. 

For though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding 
brass, or a clanging cymbal. 

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and under- 
stand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I 
have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but 
have not love, I am nothing. 

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; 
love vaunted not itself, is not puffed up, doth not 
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not 
easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in 
unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth 
all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, en- 
dureth all things. 

We are ambassadors, therefore, on behalf of Christ; 
for in Christ Jesus naught availeth anything save faith- , 
ful work through love. So, beloved, ye were called 
for freedom, for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there 
is liberty; only use not your freedom for an occasion 
to the flesh, for flesh and blood cannot inherit the 
kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit in- 
corruption. 

Bcliold, I shew you a mystery. 

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For this corruption must put on incorruption, and 
this mortal must put on immortahty. 

So when this corruptible shall have put on incor- 
ruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, 
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 
Death is swallowed up in victory. 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy 
victory? 

(As St. Paul concludes, All the Assembled Groups and the Con- 
gregation break forth into singing. 

During their Hymn, the Angel of the Star, St. John, and 
St. Paul gather beside the Pilgrim, where the Angel of the 
Star removes the blindfolding Band from his eyes,* while the 
other two restore his Staff and Cloak.) 



HYMN IX 

(Sung by All, to the tune of Amsterdam) 

Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings, 

Thy better portion trace; 
Rise from transitory things 

Toward heaven, thy destined place. 
Sun and moon and stars decay. 

Time shall soon this earth removes- 
Rise, my soul, and haste away 

To seats prepared above! 

* The black band is handed by the Angel to the Spirit of the New 
Testament, who — with the Spirit of the Old, carrying the cord-like chain 
— retires at center, where soon both are to reappear. 



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SIXTEENTH ACTION 

(The Commonwealth of Man) 

URNING to the assembled Groups and their Leaders, 
the Pilgrim speaks to them. 



THE PILGRIM 

O deathless beings of the Book, 

By grace of you 

My eyes are opened now, to look 

On things unseen and view 

My land of promise — Freedom: Here, 

Where Persecution is not, nor the Fear 

Of Death, but in the eyes 

Of Revelation and your Prophecies 

My cup of life is filled 

With love and incorruption, here I scan 

The peaks of my New World ; here I will build — 

As on a timeless rock — my Commonwealth of Man. 

REVELATION 

(Reappearing, above) 

This Rock of Ages be thy cornerstone! — 
Behold! 

(From the Pulpit— where the two gold volumes are no longer 
visible — Revelation raises up the Old Vellum Book of the 
PiLGUiM, now untorn as at first, and gives it to the Angel of 
THE Star, who bears it to the Pilgrim.) 

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THE PILGRIM 

(Cries out in gladness, as he takes it.) 

The Book! 

REVELATION 

Unharmed, and still thine own ! 

THE PILGRIM 

Yea, this shall be my Pilgrim's Rock: on this 
Will I found deep the human destinies 
Of that dear earthly kingdom which is one 
With Christ's in heaven. Not distant and alone, 
But here and now, with all my fellowmen, 
I will set forth again 

To cherish what, long seeking, now I find: 
Freedom to worship God — through my own kind. 

REVELATION 

Still in the shadow lingereth one behind. — 
That old Satanas, who bereft thee, lo. 
Now where he cometh, slow 
And blindfold here, between my Cherubim: 
Enmeshed in his own chain, they master him. 

(Where Revelation withdraws now, at center, Satanas is brought 
forward, led in leash with the cord-like chain, held by the 
Child-Spirits of the New and Old Testaments. 
Over his eyes and coppery-gold hair is bound the Band of 
Black 

Pausing a moment, with brow lifted, he moans aloud, with 
deep cry.) 

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THE PILGRIM AND THE BOOK 

SATANAS 
Yah — veh! Yah — veh! At last Thou leashest me! 

THE PILGRIM 

(Gripping his Book and Staff) 
At last, dear Lord, thou leadest thy Pilgrim — free! 



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SEVENTEENTH ACTION 

(The "Firm Foundation") 

Ar these words of the Pilgrim, All Those Assem- 
bled break into Song, which continues while the 
Groups and their Leaders — with their varied sym- 
bols and vestments— withdraw through the church aisles 
with the Pilgrim, followed by the Two Cherubim, leading 
Satanas captive and blindfold, in march to the final Hymn 
Recessional. 

HYMN X 

(Sung by ALL, to the tune of Portuguese Hymn) 

Hoiv firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, 
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word! 
What more can He say than to you He hath said, 
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled? 

Fear not, I am loith thee; oh, he not dismayed! 
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; 
ril strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand 
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand. 

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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

IN REGARD TO PARTICI- 
PATION IN THIS SERVICE 



COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

IN REGARD TO PARTICIPATION IN THIS SERVICE 

The following Comments and Suggestions are given here 
not as substitutes for the initiative and taste of those who 
may wish to organize participation in this Service, but simply 
as statements of the author's viewpoints — which the com- 
petent director will, of course, take or reject as he thinks 
wise. 

I. THE SPIRIT OF PARTICIPATION 

l)evout simplicity is an attribute which cannot consciously 
be assumed; yet without it the enactment of this Dramatic 
Service can have little meaning or real impressiveness, how- 
ever splendid and elaborate may be the accessories. Devout 
simplicity, however, without imaginative power of expression 
is only half articulate. Sincerity and imagination combined 
are, then, the attributes most desirable in those who par- 
ticipate — especially in taking the parts of the nine Speaking 
Persons. 

II. COSTUMES AND CHARACTERISTICS 

1. The Persons 

Of these, the first three — The Pilgrim, Satanas, Revela- 
tion — represent the main structure of the Service, expressed 
in rhymed verse; and of these the first two only should be 
markedly individualized in costume and action, Revelation 
(with the attendant Cherubim) holding in these respects 
dramatically a place halfway between the first two and the 
six spokesmen of the Book, whose words are quotations of 
the Scriptures, and whose costume and action are therefore 
related to the less individualized nature of their symbolic 
groups. 

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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

The Pilgrim is in some respects a dramatization of that 
statue by Saint-Gaudens ("The Puritan," at Springfield, 
Mass.), which is reproduced on the cover of this volume. 
The Pilgrim is imbued by the vital power of that figure, but 
without its emphasis of idiosyncrasy and the sculptor's touch 
of satire: a soul and form more youthful than the statue's, 
and more universal in his human yearnings; for the Pilgrim 
represents not simply the Puritan seeking his goal historical, 
but Man within the Puritan seeking his goal mystical. His 
costume is the same as the statue's, and the great gray cloak 
should be made of stuff sufficiently heavy to hang in large, 
massive folds. His staff, however, is taller than the cane 
of the statue. 

Satanas should appear outwardly like the Satan, or 
Lucifer, of Milton; under no circumstances whatever should 
he be costumed like Mephistopheles in Faust. His first 
disguising over-robe resembles a black domino with cowl, and 
may be of light texture; his under-robe of bright red is 
Greek in its folds, but longer than the classic Greek, with a 
touch of the Oriental; the copper-colored curls of his hair 
suggest somewhat the locks of Medusa, but there is only 
one seri^ent, which binds his brows like a fillet. 

On his feet are sandals. 

In action the impersonator of Satanas must carefully avoid 
all histrionic overdoing or ranting; yet he should not err 
in over-solemnity, but preserve always that serene sense 
of high comedy in destiny which is essential alike to the en- 
livening vigor and ironic intelligence of the part. 

Revelation may be impersonated by a man or a woman, 
preferably by a young man of quiet but commanding pres- 
ence. The chief desideratum is a beautiful voice, flexible 
and appealing in its intonations. This, of course, is true of 
all the speaking voices, but applies especially to Revelation. 
Experience has generally shown that a woman's voice seldom 
carries impressively on a large scale; so impersonation by a 
woman would only be advisable on an intimate scale, and 
then preferably by one with a contralto voice and of a pres- 

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ence noble and radiant. In any case the costume should 
be simple and austere, preferably Greek or Florentine, and 
all of white. In the fillet may appropriately be worn the 
wings of a dove. 

(The two Child-Cherubim, attendant upon Revelation, 
are the only persons among the Principals — not mute — who 
are purely allegorical. For the eye, they have the function 
of decorative figures, representing the Spirits of the two 
Testaments, being identified with the gold volumes which 
they carry. They, too, may be clad in Greek or Florentine 
garments, to accord with those of Revelation. The color 
blue is suggested in the text, but may be altered to another 
according to the color of the setting — perhaps all of gold, 
like their volumes. For the ear, they have the function of 
voces humanae, human extensions of the organ's reeds, repre- 
senting voices of the unseen world, and are the only persons 
in the Service who make use of chanted intonations in their 
speeches.) 

The six Spokesmen of the Book wear costumes differen- 
tiated only by deeper intensity of color, and by the symbol 
which each bears, from the costumes of their respective 
Groups, which are described below; but each is also differ- 
entiated by not wearing the special headdress of his Group, 
or by wearing one modified in form. 

Moses necessarily wears a beard (long, and iron-gray, 
rather than white), which the impersonator must carefully 
adapt to his own physiognomy, to avoid the theatrical or 
ludicrous. For this a study of Michelangelo's statue may 
be useful, but probably should not be directly imitated. He 
should certainly be tall, and of spare but powerful propor- 
tions. He leans on his staff, but not heavily. 

David is young and beardless; preferably not tall, yet not 
puny: full of sweetness and vigor and charm in voice, ges- 
ture, and bearing. He fingers his harp endearingly. 

Isaiah is elemental and vast — a soul sonorous with tem- 
pestuous rhythms, like a pine-tree in storm; outwardly tall, 

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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

strong, middle-aged, bearded dark-brown. The scroll which 
he carries is golden, suggesting (but not literally) a seraph's 
trumpet. 

Of the New Testament speakers each conveys in his pres- 
ence the sense of a new-born world; none carries a staff, and 
none is bearded. 

The Angel of the Stab is more shepherd than classic 
angel. His rough sheep's wool cloak suggests wings con- 
cealed (at the shoulders), but reveals none; his legs below the 
knee show bare; his feet wear sandals with wings. In his 
fillet gleams a star (perhaps of gold tinsel; preferably not 
electric, unless subdued to a soft radiance); or, instead, he 
may bear his star on the top of his shepherd's crook. His 
voice must be beautiful in tone. 

St. John is the young spirit-spokesman of that zestful 
loyalty of youth which first hailed and followed Jesus in his 
disciples. There must be nothing of the routine preacher 
in his Scriptural words, but the persuasive, fresh pleading of 
love and direct human kindness. The wings in his fillet 
resemble those of Revelation. 

St. Paul is intellect in ardor, philosophy on fire, humanity 
passionate for eternal life. He is voluble, but always vital. 
His utterance is swift, torrential, increasing in fervor; blazes 
with lightnings which transfigure the peaks of rhetoric with 
imagination; eloquent with the majestic sincerity which at- 
tains simplicity through unswerved seeking for his goal — 
redemption from fear and evil. 

If his impersonator can but convey to the congregation 
the conviction that his words are uttered now for the first 
time, and for themselves (through The Pilgrim), he will 
interpret to the people that unique sense of St. Paul's swift 
powers of improvisation which all his words attest in the 
Bible itself, but which is too often lost in the long reitera- 
tion of church worship. Therein also he will fulfil, and 
quicken for his associates, the chief object of the Service — 
that is, to i)resent freshly the perennial newness with which 
all ancient truth must be reimagined and expressed to be 
realized. 

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The cross in his fillet is symbolic of St. Paul's life-passion: 
his love of Christ crucified, which kindled his own apostleship 
and handed on the fire of its gospel to the apostles of after- 
ages. 

(The Mute Persons — Persecution and Fear of Death — 
comprise, with the two Cherubim, the other two purely 
allegorical Persons, and their pantomime should be appro- 
priate to such — devoid of all realism in action, costume and 
make-up. The text describes them as "Dark Angels," but 
it is left to the resources of the director of the Service whether 
or not to provide their costumes with the conventional wings 
of angels. The use of such wings in pantomime is difficult, 
and should be carefully studied and rehearsed, to avoid all 
theatrical suggestion. In any case, of course, there should 
be no realism of feathers, but only the simple impressionism 
of extended wing-like folds of their Greek or Florentine gar- 
ments — reinforced perhaps by concealed designs of paste- 
board. If there is the least danger of unsuccess, the im- 
pression of wings may be omitted without material harm 
to the effect intended. The color of their costumes may well 
take motive from the red of Satanas, of whom they are in 
attributes allegorical extensions: for Persecution, a bluish 
red; for Fear of Death, a reddish blue. But their action 
in pantomime, far more than their costumes, must express 
their spiritual attributes.) 

2. The Groups 

According to the scale and the resources available, the 
Groups may be costumed or not. If they are not specially 
costumed, each Group should, of course, nevertheless, be 
clothed with uniformity in modern garb — as, the Women 
and Children all in white, the Men and Boys all in black, or 
gray, etc. And, in such case, each member of a Group should 
wear, or carry, the Group-Symbol — as, in the form of a 
cope, a shepherd's crook, etc. 

In the Preface I have already stated that, for very small- 
scale gatherings, the Groups may even be omitted, if the 
Principals are adequately impersonated. But since no nor- 

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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

mal presentation can be at all complete without some appro- 
priate costuming of the Groups, I submit herewith certain 
simple suggestions, which each director may modify in ac- 
cordance with his own taste and experience, or substitute 
therefor some other scheme, provided that he does not adopt 
any plan of historical realism, or diversity of costumes 
within a given Group (except, for special purposes, in the 
Apostle-Group), for to do either would be a serious mistake 
and express a misconception of the nature of the Service. 

For all the six Groups, then, I suggest that a single design 
of costume (worn over their modern clothing) may appro- 
priately be used by Men and Women alike, the Children 
(Boys and Girls) omitting the headdress, and shortening the 
length of the over-garment to their child-stature and their 
shorter under-garments. 

Though garbed thus alike in form, the several Groups, 
nevertheless, will be distinguished by their different Group- 
Colors, and by their Group-Symbols borne by their several 
Spokesmen, and perhaps also by the Group-Participants. 
This uniformity has the advantage of comparative cheapness 
and quickness in preparation, as well as of avoiding all need 
of dressing beforehand, or of using any theatrical make-up — 
the use of which would, of course, be as wholly out of taste 
for participants as it would be for the vested choristers of 
church choirs. 

The form of costume here suggested (but not, of course, 
prescribed) is one which has been utilized with practical 
success in several pageants organized by my sister, Miss 
Hazel MacKaye, Director of the Bureau of Pageantry and 
Drama of the Y. W. C. A. (National Board) ; and her own 
brief description of its design and construction is as follows: 

8. Making of Costumes 

"Any combination of colors and fabrics may be used, ac- 
cording to the color-scheme adopted. The most effective, 
inexpensive material would be unbleached muslin, dyed the 
desired color, with stole of oil-cloth, painted or stenciled. 

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COMMENTS AND SUGGEST IONS 

" Under-garment: Double the cloth the height of the per- 
son; cut a sht for the neck; sew up the edges for side seams; 
lengthen the sleeves bj' adding-on cloth resembling the stole. 

"Stole: Double the cloth (of contrasting color and fabric) 
the height of the person, the general effect being narrow. 

''Headdress: A square piece of cloth, draped so that the 
top presents a turban effect, with side-pieces over the ears, 
continuing round the head — falling to the neck. This may- 
be lengthened to fall like a veil— -for the women." 

4. Colors and Symbols, Number and Sex 

The following are suggested, not prescribed, for the several 
Groups: 

The Laws: Color — blue-gray; symbol — a tablet (ob- 
long) ; ten in number (or fewer, if scale is very small) ; older 
Men. 

The Psalms: Color — gray-green; papyrus rolls (narrow, 
partly open); any number desired; Women and Girls (of 
the Sunday School, or choir). 

^ The Prophets: Color — reddish brown; symbol — a scroll; 
sixteen in number (or fewer, or more, according to scale of 
Service) ; Men, old and middle-aged. 

The Shepherds: Color — white; symbol — a crook; any 
number desired; Young Men, and Boys (of the Sunday 
School, or choir). 

The Disciples : Color — blue; symbol — dove's wings; 
twelve in number (or fewer, if scale is very small) ; younger 
Men. 

The Apostles: Color — varied with rich hues, harmoni- 
zing with the others, according to separate sub-Groups (not 
separate individuals), representing different peoples (Greece, 
Rome, Oriental peoples, etc) : missionaries of the Gospel in 
various climes and times; symbol — a cross; any number de- 
sired; Men and Women, old and young. 

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III. PROPERTIES FOR PERSONS AND GROUPS 

For Persons: The Pilgrim: 6'/a^'~ old-fashioned, tall, 
sturdy, with lower end shaped to fit firmly into a socket (in 
the platform, in front of the Pulpit), when Persecution binds 
him to it; the Book — large (as described in the text), not 
necessarily, or desirably, an actual text of the Bible, but a 
book so made (or so arranged with practical, unnoticeable 
hinges) as to come apart fairly easily into two halves — when 
Satanas breaks it. (In Action XVI, this Book, put to- 
gether again, is restored to the Pulpit by Revelation — 
while still in shadow — who hands it back, in the light, soon 
afterward, to the Pilgrim.) — Moses: tall staff (with sym- 
bol-top of scroll); tablet, ostensibly of stone, oblong, port- 
able in size. — David: harp, of ancient design, portable in 
size. — Isaiah: scro/Z, large, gilded, slightly tapering. — Angel 
OF THE Star: shepherd's crook, ivith star (possibly with 
small, concealed battery, to give subdued, gleaming light). 
— St. John: wing-symbol in fillet, but no staff. — St. Paul: 
cross-symbol in fillet, but no staff. — Old Testament: open 
volume, entirely gilded. — New Testament: the same. — 
Persecution: coil of rope, woven like a chain. — Fear of 
Death: band of black cloth, narrow, for blindfolding. 

For Groups: Laws: staffs, with scroll symbol-tops. — 
Psalms: half-open rolls, as of papyrus parchment (held in 
open palms, to sing from). — Prophets: staffs, with torch- 
flame symbol-tops. — Shepherds: crooks. — Disciples: staffs 
with chalice symbol-tops. — Apostles: staffs (perhaps), with 
cross symbol- tops. 

The marshaling and placing of the above six Groups will 
necessarily depend upon the setting and directorship. 

IV. SETTING AND DIRECTORSHIP 

As stated in the beginning of the text, the Setting is the 
interior of a church or of any place of worship. But the 
architectural arrangements of church buildings are so various 
that it is impossible to devise any uniform scheme for mar- 
shaling the Groups and Persons. That, in any case, is 

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the province of a competent director, without whom the 
Service could not be held with right impressiveness. 

In regard to the Persons, I would suggest that a guiding 
principle should be to focus the three Chief Persons (The 
Pilgrim, Satanas, Revelation) at the centering place of 
the Pulpit, and to distribute the others (in co-ordinated re- 
lationship to that center) in the available body of the church, 
as Spokesmen of their respective Groups. 

The available free spaces in the body of the church are, 
of course, the aisles; but, as these must be used for entrance 
processions (till the appearance of the last Groups), it would 
be advisable to reserve in advance designated spaces in the 
pews (perhaps roped off, temporarily) for the several Groups 
to occupy after their entrance. In churches which have 
them, side-galleries might be used with excellent results; 
and the place of the choir may also properly be utilized for 
Group marshaling ])urposes. 

The voices and figures of the Biblical Persons, thus heard 
and seen from different angles relative to their places in the 
body of the church, will take on far greater variety and 
charm than if these be stationed throughout at a central 
focus. 

The gateway -hatchments, or tapestries, referred to in the 
text (for use as entrances, right, left, and center, of the focus 
place), may be draped or cut out of cloth, held by — or hang- 
ing from — a wooden frame, carried by two persons, whose 
vestments should be decoratively related to the design of the 
tapestries. These would hardly be used, however, on 
occasions very small in scale. 

Under no circumstances should there he any arrangement 
suggesting the picture-stage and curtain of a theatre, the special 
(non-participating) technique of which is different and apart 
from the design of this Service, which is a form of (participating) 
community art. 

More than any other factor of setting and arrangement, 
the beauty and impressiveness of the action will depend on 
proper lighting. 



COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

V. LIGHTING 

For this reason a night hour is suggested for the Service, 
because by night the degree and apportionment of artificial 
light can be controlled (under the right taste of skilled direc- 
tion) to create that atmosphere of mysterious light-and- 
shadow which best quickens the imaginations of the partici- 
pants to feel and comprehend the meanings suggested by 
the action and dialogue. 

On the other hand, in churches and cathedrals equipped 
with beautiful windows of stained glass, the holding of the 
Service by day might be equally effective, provided that no 
other artificial lighting than candles be used within the 
church. 

In any case, by night, if enough and proper candles are 
available, probably no better lighting could be devised than 
simply a noble use of candlelight. 

//, however, a modern electric equipment is to be used, by 
no means should any electric bulb be directly visible anywhere, 
or at any time, during the Service; for such painfid stabbings 
of light will tend to antagonize and nullify all beauties of the 
music and action. 

Properly screened, however, and rightly determined in 
its focusing and intensity, electric lighting may be used to 
good advantage. For this, as screening-places, the Pulpit 
itself may be utilized (especially for the appearances of 
Revelation, when concealed lighting equipment can throw 
instant radiance upward upon the figure) and the tapestries 
of the hatchments, from behind which the entrances and 
exits of Satanas, Persecution, and Fear of Death could 
be admirably lighted. 

The first appearance of Revelation in Action IV, and all 
subsequent appearances, are very important from the stand- 
point of lighting and dramatic action, and should receive 
more intensity of light than any other moments in the 
Service; for, both visually and symbolically, it is essential 
that the white light-brilliance of Revelation shall dominate 

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the red color-brilliance of Satanas, who otherwise (because 
of the bright dye of his red costume) may become over- 
emphatic to the eye and mind. 

The ceiling of the church, or hall of gathering, should have 
no special lighting at all, nor should the congregation— unless 
briefly at such times only as it may be absolutely needful 
for them to read the words of the hymns which they sing. 

From screened points of vantage, the aisles, however, 
should have their special lighting, but only at such times as 
an entering Figure (such as the Pilgrim, at the beginning), 
or Group (as the procession of the Psalms) may hold dra- 
matic attention in the action — at which times all the rest of 
the church should be in shadow. 

Let the director err, if at all, on the side of subdued 
lighting; for it is not needful to the success of the Service 
that any particular person's costume be brightly emphasized 
(except that of Revelation, at special moments), but it is 
needful that the spell of religious contemplation be cast over 
all persons participating; and that cannot take place in this 
Service under any marked continuation of distributed 
brightness. 

It is a simple truth, too often ignored in modern churches, 
that the "dim, religious light" of Milton is based deeply in 
human psychology. 



VI. MUSIC 

Fortunately, the art values of music to rehgion are already 
familiar to congregations, and artists in music are far more 
numerous than artists in lighting. So the matter of the 
Music may properly be left to the organist or choirmaster, 
who should, of course, in his rehearsals keep closfely in touch 
with the plans of the lighting director. 

On the following pages is given the specific Program of 
the Music (List of Hymns and Chants), a portion of which 
might well be included in the general Program of the Service. 

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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS 

VII. PROGRAMMES 

In Programmes, or printed Synopses of the Service, for dis- 
tribution to members of the congregation, it M'ill be advis- 
able probably to include not only the words of the Hymns, 
but also a brief description, or epitome, of the course of the 
Actions — which may advantageously be copied direct from 
the Contents page of this volume, beginning with the "Text 
of the Service," substituting therein for the word "Text" 
the word "Description" or "Synopsis." 

Percy MacKaye. 

Cornish, N. H., 
August, 1920. 



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LISl OF HYMNS AND CHANTS 

Note: In the following List of Hymns and Chants, 
specific references are given to certain books in which such 
may be found; but many of the hymns are, of course, avail- 
able also in publications other than those referred to. 

Most of the hymns mentioned are needful to the proper 
rendering of the Service; but in some cases, if desired, the 
discretion of the choirmaster may substitute some other 
selections of music. In particular, for the final recessional 
hymn, "How firm a foundation," etc., might be substituted 
- — in churches having a goodly number of trained choristers — 
the "Victory," of Palestrina, "Al-le-lu-ia!" etc. (Hymns of 
the "Kingdom of God," Hymn 80, Victory 8.8.8. 1588), or 
"Alpha and Omega," in churches where that is familiar. 

To the discretion of the choirmaster, or organist, also may 
well be left the music to be played, very low, on the organ 
during those places in the dialogue indicated by footnotes in 
the text, as well as the particular chant music to be used by 
the choir-boys who impersonate the Spirits of the Old and 
New Testaments, in their brief, intoned phrases of invocation. 

HYMN I 

(Sung by All) 

The Pilgrim Fathers 

Tune: M. A. Browne. Words: Felicia D. Hemans. 

" The breaking waves dashed high," etc. 

("Hymn and Tune Book," Revised Edition, Boston: 

Amer. Unit. Assn., 1886; Hymn 783.) 

LYRIC SONG (a) 

(Sung by Choir-Boy : Solo) 

The Pilgrim Cast Down 

Tune: Edgar Stillman Kelley. Words: John Bunyan. 

"fl^e that is down need fear no fall" etc. 

(Shepherd Boy's Song, from "Pilgrim's Progress" Oratorio: 

Oliver Ditson, I3oston, from whom, or through any music 

dealer, the music can be secured.) 

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HYMN II 

(Processional, sung by All) 

The Laws 

Tune: Chirm, Timothy Swan. Words: Percy MacKaye. 

" Where Sinai's lonely shadow soared,*' etc. 

HYMN III 

(Processional, sung by Psalm-Group only) 

The Pilgrim Seeking 

Tune : St. Anne; C. M. 1708. Words : Psalm 42, arr. by Percy 

MacKaye 

''Even as the hart panteth in thirst," etc. 

("Hymns of the Kingdom of God," New York, A, S. 
Barnes Co., 1910; Hymn 141.) 

HYMN IV 

(Processional, sung by All) 

The Prophets 

Tune: Old Hundredth; 1551. Words: Percy MacKaye. 

"Our Lord, who clave the desert rock," etc. 

("Hymns of the Kingdom of God," Hymn 395.) 

HYMN V 

(Sung by All) 

The Pilgrim Roused 

Tune: Christmas, G. F. Handel, 1728. Words: Philip 

Doddridge, 1755. 

" Aivake, my soul; stretch every nerve," etc. 

("Hymn and Tune Book," Hymn 603.) 

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LIST OF HYMNS AND CHANTS 

CHORAL CHANT (b) 
(Sung by Choir-boy and unseen choristers) 
Expulsion of Satanas 
Tune: Sancius: 

"Holy! Holy! Holy!" etc. 
("The Chant and Service Book," edit. Chas. L. Hutchins: 
Boston, Parish Choir, Sanctus No. 448; or any other brief 
appropriate Sanctus, according to the discretion of the 
choirmaster.) 

HYMN VI 

(Processional, sung by Shepherd-Group only) 

The Shepherds 

Tune: Winchester Old. C. M. 1592. Words: Nahum Tate, 

1702. 

"While Shepherds watclied their flocks by night,'' etc. 
("The New Hymnal," New York, H. W. Gray Co., 
Hymn 71.) 

Or Tune: Gabriel, St. Martin's. 
(Hymn 54 in "The Church Hymnal.") 

HYMN VII 

(Processional, sung by All) 

The Disciples 

Tune: Nicaea, 11 A2.12A0. Words: Percy MacKaye. 

"Holy, holy, holy. Lord, thy disciples," etc. 

("Hymns of the Kingdom of God," Hymn 354; "Hymn 

and Song Book," Hymn 1.) 

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LIST OF HYMNS AND CHANTS 

HYMN VIII 

(Processional, sung by All) 

The Apostles 

Tune: Coronation. Oliver Holden, 1793. Words: Edward 
Perronet, 1780. 

"All hail the power of Jesus^ name," etc. 

("Hymn and Tune Book," Hymn 412.) 

HYMN IX 

(Sung by All) 

The Pilgrim Risen 

Tune: Amsterdam, 7. 6. James Nares, 1760. Words: 

Robert Seagrave, 1780 

"Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings," etc. 

("Hymn and Tune Book," Hymn 184, 1st Stanza only.) 

HYMN X 

(Recessional, sung by All) 

"How Firm a Foundation" 

Tune: Portuguese Hymn. Words: Author unknown. 

"'IIow firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord," etc. 



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WORDS AND MUSIC 

OF THE 

HYMNS AND CHANTS 



The Breaking Waves Dashed High 



Felicia D. Hemans, 1828 



(PLYMOUTH. Irregular) 



Mary Anne Browne 



~-i — f — sf-^^ — — * — ai — * — — — i-it — ^ — ^ 

--^ '~g — «— Lg-A 1 ^ _ L^' 1 a— -«- 



On a stern and rock-bound coast, 



And the 




-*- " ' -«- -•- -0- 

When a band of ex - iles moored their bark On the wild New Eng- 



PIeS^ee^ 



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2 Not as the conqueror comes, 

They, the true-hearted, came ; 
Not with the roll of stirring drums. 

And the trump that sings of fame; 
Not as the flying come, 

In silence and in fear, 4 

They shook the depths of the desert's gloom 

With their hymns of lofty cheer. 

3 Amidst the storm they sang; 

The stars heard, and the seal [rang 

And the sounding aisles of the dim woods 
To the anthem of the free . 



The ocean eagle soared 

From his nest by the white wave's foam. 
And the rocking pines of the forest roared : 

This was their welcome home ! 

What sought they thus afar? 

Bright jewels of the mine ? 
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? 

They sought a faith's pure shrine. 
Ay, call it holy ground, 

The soil where first they trod ; [found : 
They have left unstained what here they 

Freedom to worship God. 



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(from the oratorio "the pilgrim's progress") 
John Bunyan, 1678 Edgar Stillman Kelley, 1919 



He that is down need fear no fall, 

He that is low, no pride; 
He that is humble ever shall 

Have God to be his guide. 

I am content with what I have, 

Little it be or much; 
And, Lord, contentment still I crave 

Because Thou savest such. 



Fullness to them a burden is 
That go on pilgrimage: 

Here little, and hereafter bliss, 
Is best from age to age. 



NOTE: The music and words of this Lyric Song may be ordered through any music dealer, 
or may be secured direct from the publishers, Oliver Ditson, Boston, Mass., who have prepared a 
special edition of the Song for use In this Service. 

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Where Sinai's Lonely Shadow Soared 



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Holy, holy, holy, all thy ways we follow. 
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9 Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings 



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word is a lamp to my feet." So it has ever proved to pilgrims 
on life's road. 

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To such, the American Bible Society strives to bring both 
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